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The Tichborne Claimant (1999)

The Tichborne Claimant (1999)

Drama
Release Date: 1999, November 12
Directors: David Yates
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Redbus Film Distribution, Bigger Picture Company, Bigger Picture Company, Isle of Man Film Commission, Isle of Man Film Commission, Swiftcall, Swiftcall
Cast: Stephen Fry, Robert Hardy, John Kani, Matt Wilkinson, John Gielgud, Charles Gray, Sion Tudor Owen, Christopher Benjamin, Robert Pugh, Howard Lew Lewis, Ralph Nossek, James Villiers

Overview:

Based on a true story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American shipwreck. Some years later his erudite Afro-English valet, Bogle, is sent to investigate rumors that Tichborne survived and settled in Australia. An alcoholic ruffian answer's Bogle's inquiries claiming to be the lost heir. Bogle suspects fraud, but conspires with the claimant to split the inheritance should the latter succesfully pass himself off to friends, family and the courts. As the claimant returns to England to continue his charade, enough people confirm his identity to make both the claimant and Bogle believe that he just might be the rightful heir after all.

Keywords:

based on true story historical